Do you ever wonder why politicians exist?

Answer 1

6000 years ago as we transitioned from hunter gathers to farmers there was an increase in population density for the first time in human history

a place could support a large amount of people

a city we shall call it

the city had farms

some of these farms were run by families and they were land owners and land lords who would come to arrangements with other humans on the terms of the land

indeed in time these "landlords" realized they could do less work if they got a good deal with the labor working the land

the political class was born, the merchant class, and they invented god and get a priest class in on the deal and conned labor into working the land and giving crops to the political and priest class

these kleptocracies were the first governments, the first politicans

in time, some governments used the profits of labor on projects that benefited society,

these true noble politicans are why modern society has sprung forth

having a land lord turned mayor of a city and realize that hiring laborers to irrigate all the farms would benefit the society,

or building a wall to stop foreign invasions,

or building roads and waterways

you see,

inevitably, it would happen, it had to go through periods of corruption,

indeed, the emporer of rome probably was a shareholder in the company that build the aqueduct at public expense

but while we might say this is corruption the truth is society did benefit

in modern times we hope the government accounting office is able to enforce rules that limit these kinds of corruption

we elect politicans and understand there will be pork barrell deals and they'll fist **** us

we just hope not to get fist ****** too hard on our tax dollars

the danger is someone like george bush who had it in his head he was going to go to war with iraq and then privatize it

so we have haliburton and black water and corporations trying to profit off of war

if this war was run correctly with a foreign policy than great that would be great, it was in my view a neccessary war

but what i see now is an occuppation of iraq to keep the feeding at the trough

the land lords and merchant class and political class are all making money from the profits of the privitization of the rebuilding of iraq

indeed, this president acts the religious role, having conned voters in 2004 with religion

it was the same 6000 years ago, as mayor og of the city would give priest nog some wheat and say go threaten the famers with a plague of frogs if they dont work 6 days this week,

somehow these lies became a bible

the original hebrew of genesis 1:1 in the original language meant "in the beginning the land lord made the sky and the land"

now george bush says in the beginning god made the heaven and the earth and if you elect john kerry they're going to have gay orgies on your front lawn and rape your daughter and then make her abort the child

this eurocentrist racist mentality of the right wing allows the impovershed white trash of ohio and florida to race to the polls without a guilty conscience to vote republican,

og and nog own stock in haliburton and blackwater but the farmer is now working that sixth day and only getting paid for five

if that harkens back to marx its only cause karl marx recognized what was going on and wrote about it

i dont feel a socialist economy is the answer but i do think a strong union needs to stand up and say if the workers work 6 days they get paid for six days

as is, i have great benefits and get paid overtime when i do so im happy with my situation

what sucks is those i work with who dont have this deal

they obviously cant change from salary to hourly like i did and when i did it wasnt my decision

we cant unionize in corporate america in jobs like mine

obviously in 2007 i cant go to a payroll company and try and get the workers to unionize by quoting karl marx

all i can do is say heh, lets stop voting for og and nog, and to those workers who get paid for 5 days, regardless if they work 6, dont volunteer to work day six anymore

Answer 2

Politicians orginally existed as advocates within an established governing system to serve their constituents' needs and wants. Nowadays, they are mostly self-serving opportunists, or they merely serve for our amusement on late-night television.

Answer 3

They exist because the government exists. If you get rid of the government and return to the natural society of Market Anarchism, you won't have that problem.

Answer 4

They exist to prey on the wants and needs of the populace.

Answer 5

Because, they are intended to be the educated buffer between the masses and the privileged few! They were intended to be smart enough not to allow themselves to be coerced...They gave us a Republic...and told us how to keep it...so far we are doing a very piss poor job!

Answer 6

Supposedly in a democracy they are intended to represent what the populace wants and defend and enforce the constitution.

Answer 7

No, we need people whom we allow to run the government for us. We are their boss.
They have one job: To Protect Man's God Given Rights.
That's it.

Whatever other authority they may have, We the people have given them; the blame lays on our shoulders alone.

Answer 8

They exist, in this country, because you create them, as do all voters.

Answer 9

Cause we keep feeding them scraps under the table.

Answer 10

To spend our hard earned tax money on ridicules programs we don't need.